2022 and 2023 Rheingau Riesling GG Part IV: Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, Berg Schlossberg, Berg Kaisersteinfels, Rosengarten
From Allendorf, Kloster Eberbach, Johannishof, Künstler, Leitz, Ress, and Wegeler
Finishing the Rheingau, we have the inconsistent quality that seems to have marked recent vintages of Rüdesheim GG’s.
Familie ALLENDORF
2023 (Rüdesheim) Berg Roseneck Riesling GG
White peach blossom aroma. White peach mouth but a touch pinched. 90/B+
Kloster EBERBACH
2023 Rüdesheim Berg Roseneck Riesling GG
Incipient yellow peach nose and mouth, good minerality, medium weight, balanced. 92/A
2023 Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling GG
Peach aromas and flavors, medium-weight body, but just hasn’t fully come together at the moment. 90(+)/B+
JOHANNISHOF
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Apricot blossom nose. Round, nervy, pure, incisive, some apricot. 93/A
KÜNSTLER
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Floral apricot nose. Apricots in high acid, nervy mouth, medium-light in weight, very energetic. 93+/A
LEITZ
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Peach and pear aromas. Good acidity, dense and almost cloying texture, incipient peach, good length in mouth. 92/A
2022 Rüdesheim Rosengarten Riesling GG
Minerality in nose. Medium-light, mineral, enough acidity, but no precision here. Frankly, rather standard and relatively boring. 88/B-
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Kaisersteinfels Riesling GG
Minerality, good acidity, medium-light body, some peach and apricot. 90/B+
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Roseneck Riesling GG
White peach skin nose and mouth, medium-light, enough acidity. 91/A-
2022 Rüdesheim Berg Schlossberg Riesling GG
Yellow peach skin aroma. Round, pure, sensuous, long in mouth, peach flavors. 93/A
Balthasar RESS
2022 (Rüdesheim) Berg Rottland Riesling GG
Steely nose. Medium-full body, apricot/nectarine fruit, still quite young. Saline. 91+/A-
Geheimrat J. WEGELER
2022 (Rüdesheim) Berg Schlossberg Riesling GG
Scented white peach nose. White peach, medium-weight, good depth, a touch soft on mid-palate. 89/B